40j Making verbs agree with titles and with words used as words

40jMaking verbs agree with titles and with words used as words

When the subject is the title of a book, film, or other work of art, the verb form is singular even if the title is plural in form.

One Writer’s Beginnings describes Eudora Welty’s childhood.

Similarly, a word referred to as a word requires a singular verb form even if the word itself is plural.

Steroids is a little word that packs a big punch in the world of sports.